Thank you all for the reply and for the new web site to visit. Donnene

Can anyone tell me the web address for the Hills and Hollers web site? Thank you, Donnene

Hello, First, I'd like to say "You're welcome" to all who have kindly thanked me for posting the 1835 Lee Co VA tax list. Anyone who wishes to retain their own copy of the file, by whatever means, is certainly welcome to do so. Second, this is notification that the 1835 tax list will be permanently housed at Jeff Weaver's "New River Notes" website: http://www.ls.net/~newriver/va/lee1835.htm and it will only be available for a few more weeks at the "GeoCities" web address which I originally provided. For anyone who wasn't previously aware of Jeff's "New River Valley" site, it is a great resource for southwestern Virginia genealogical research. Best regards to all, Joe __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail - only $35 a year! http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/

--part1_41.78d9514.27c0bd5c_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hello All: You are receiving this notice because you indicated you wanted to be notified of any updates to the Hills and Hollers Website. There are now 168 individuals :) receiving this notice, and unknown numbers receiving it via county mailing lists, etc. I am amazed at the growth of the subscriber list and the amount of material on the site since it was started in October, 2000. I have just finished updating and adding pages at the site. New stories, new transcriptions, new pictures, new research aids, etc. I have several more updates to com

Thanks for the 1835 tax list. I found some of my Ancestors on the list. Because of all of you, I have been able to find many of my lost ancestors and distance cousins. I Have a Home site at http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/b/u/r/Charles-D-Burke/ AT this site you will find some of the, Burk, Burke, Dunigan, Marcum, Markham, Pendergrass, Cole, and Lynch families, just to mention a few. they lived in Lee co., va and Lee, Owsley and Jackson Counties in Ky. I am trying to make the link of David Burk and his son Lafayette M. Burk to My Grandfather, George Washington Burke who Married Letitia Pendergrass the daughter of Cordy Pendergrass and Manerva Thompson. they lived in Lee co., va. and moved into Owsley co., Ky. thanks again to all of you, you have been so much help. Don Burke

I thank you so much for all the work of transcribing the 1835 tax list and postng it here. I found evidence of something I have puzzled over...there are 2 Peter Andersons. Sr. and Jr. Why didn't I think of that? Is anyone interested in this family and do you have any info on them? I'd sure appreciate anything. Best Virginia Interested in many things..genealogy included Virginia WeldingIBSSG POB 97 Nickerson ne.68044 researching ANDERSON,JAMES,OLIVER,NEWTON,AKERS surnames Locations Ark. Mo. Tn. Va. N.C.

I am researching the Cottrell family of Lee Co., VA. COTTRELL, William b. 1855 married Catherine Hubbard b. 1862 children: Emily b. 1880 married Willy Mink Arch b. 1885 married Lucy Eldridge Alice b. 1888 married ____ Cheek Robert Wright b. 1891 married Nancy Johnson & Flossie Greer Sarah b. 1893 married Neal Long Gertie b. 1895 died an infant James b. 1897 moved to Indiana COTTRELL, ARCH (my great-grandfather) married Lucy Elbridge Children: Clifford Vance (married Clotsie Helton) Hazel (married Abe Jones) Elsie (married Lester Varble) Hattie(married Tee Harber) Robert Wright (married Nora Verda Scott) my grandparents Edith (lives in Baltimore, MD. Does anyone have any connection or any information on the Cottrell family? Thank YOU Sandy DeHart Fishers, IN

Since we are in KY with the Burgins, I thought I'd share this. I recently received from a distant relative the following: Leona BURGIN (with a note that some spell it BURGAN)--(she married Alex SHORTER) b. 1-4-1900, Knox Co., KY, d. 12-11-1934 Knox Co., KY. Father: W. J. BURGIN b. 5-31-1873 d. 6-7-1937. Mother: Francis b. 10-15-1871, d. 2-21-1965. The SHORTER'S are my husband's line; if anyone is interested I'll be glad to share more info, and would appreciate hearing if anyone has connections. Vanette Hobbs Hamilton

Is the area of Trading Creek still known as Trading Creek or has it like so many other places been renamed something different? This is one of the obstacles that I keep running into. Norma

Hi Betty, Thanks for the posting and I will would love to see that map. Is it something you could scan and send to me via- email? I don't know if these are your Burgin family or not but here is what I find in the book, " Clearfork and More", by Bonnie Page. By the way, many of my family found in this book came from the Lee County area. Page 365 Pruden Cemetery listing: Esteal Burcan July 16, 1916 Dec 10, 1916 Page 395 Census 1910 Claiborne County Tn. Burgan, Charlie 29 m 6 VA VA VA, miner, May 26 3-2 OH Eng, Eng Nellie 4, Albert 2 The 3-2 here means 3 children, 2 living. The Va Va VA being birthplace of husband, wife and parents. Hope this helps someone. Norma Harris in KY > > My people lived near Trading Creek and I have a wonderful map at home >

Hello Norma and and other listers, Apologies to Norma and others, I made the tax list transcription a few months ago and sent the microfilm back afterward. I have reviewed so many tax lists for other places since then that I cannot now say for sure what additional information was recorded, other than the date that each individual submitted their list of taxable property, and the amount of taxes due. I do not believe that the lists were specific about the location of any taxable land, but I cannot say that with certainty. I do recall that the tax lists for Lee Co were quite readable however, and are a very complete series through time, in contrast to many other counties in the eastern USA. I encourage anyone who is researching Lee County roots in detail for this period to use my transcription as a jumping-off point and order the tax lists microfilms at your local LDS Family History Center ... and enjoy the good fortune of being able to access them! (My ancestors did not stay long enough to own land in Lee County, so I have no familiarity with the deed records.) Because the 1830 census for Lee County has also been transcribed by some kind soul and posted on the Lee Co VAGenWeb site, I was able to compare the names in the 1830 census with those on the 1835 tax list. Somewhere over half of the names in 1835 were apparently new, meaning that many people had left the county between 1830 and 1835, and many others had moved into the county. Clearly the 1830s were a time of great flux through Lee County, mostly due to westward migration. My own ancestors/relatives (Michael King; Harrison Motley and his other children and their spouses including John Workman, Hardy Sparks, and Robert Roberts) came to Lee County from western North Carolina. They were only in Lee County for one to three years before moving westward again, this time to Indian Creek Township, Monroe Co Indiana, and the neighboring Center Township, Greene Co Indiana. Regards and best of luck in your research, Joe __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail - only $35 a year! http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/

Hello to all, First I want to say Thanks a lot Joe for posting the Lee County 1835 tax listing. I see several very interesting folks here and wonder if anyone would care to tell me if you are familiar with an area called Trading Creek in the Lee County area. I think that is the location where some of my ancestors lived and have been stuck for quiet some time now. Another thing is are you aware of a listing that would indicate the locations of the property for which they were taxed? I would be very interested in knowing if this tax collector went door to door and listed accordingly. Do the original documents give any of this information? I am most grateful for any information you can give me and will gladly share anything I can obtain. Regards, Norma

I'm searching for info on William Abshier/absher in Lee Co. 1820-1850 also the Absher Family in the "old cane creek area" near Ocoonita, Ben Hur, Hocket. I would appreciate any info on my family thank you Tom Absher. tka@infowest.com

I'm looking for information on Lewis V. Johnson b. 1886 in Lee County, VA. Does anyone have any information on this person? Laura Johnson

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My people lived near Trading Creek and I have a wonderful map at home that I got at the Lee County Library that shows all the creek drainages. It's in the NW part of the county. According to the GNIS system, 15 ni NE of Rose Hill. Any SCOTTs or BURGINs from this part of Lee County? Mine left for Indiana in 1833..... Betty Moore in CA --------------- Jamie Goodin wrote: > > Hello to all, > First I want to say Thanks a lot Joe for posting the Lee County > 1835 tax listing. > I see several very interesting folks here and wonder if anyone > would care to tell me if you are familiar with an area called Trading > Creek in the Lee County area. I think that is the location where some of > my ancestors lived and have been stuck for quiet some time now. > Another thing is are you aware of a listing that would indicate > the locations of the property for which they were taxed? I would be > very interested in knowing if this tax collector went door to door and > listed accordingly. Do the original documents give any of this > information? > I am most grateful for any information you can give me and will gladly > share anything I can obtain. > > Regards, > Normaa

Hello all, I've transcribed the 1835 personal property tax list for Lee County. It is a partial transcription, which is to say that while it does include all names in the list, I have not transcribed the property amounts, taxes owed and so forth. Until such time as the Lee County VAGenWeb site coordinator has a chance to place this material in the GenWeb archives and link it from the site, I have posted it at the following web address for public access. http://www.geocities.com/valee1835/VaLee1835.txt Regards, Joe __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail - only $35 a year! http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/

According to today's (Fri. 9 Feb 01) Knoxville News Sentinel, the History Channel will be airing a show at 10pm tonight called "Frontier Homes" which was mostly filmed at the Museum of Appalachia in Norris, just north of Knoxville. The show is about a two-story log home built in the 1700's in Ben Hur, Lee County, VA between Jonesville and Pennington Gap. The home had been threatened by road construction, so it was disassembled in Lee Co. and reassembled at the Museum. The house had been in the GRAHAM family for several generations. Sincerely, Joe Urso joeurso@mindspring.com

Test, to see if I am subscribed. Got message from Rootsweb saying I was no longer subsribed. Wayne

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